17 June 2025
We are delighted to announce that we have invited Professor Lorna Fraser MBCHB, MRCPCH, MSC, MMEDSCI, PHD (Professor Lorna Fraser) to be our newest trustee.
Professor Lorna Fraser is a Professor of Palliative Care and Child Health at King’s College London and an NIHR Research Professor. Her background is in clinical paediatrics and her research focuses on children and young people. She leads a team at the Cicely Saunders Institute undertaking research on the care and support of children and young people with life-limiting conditions, their families and the workforce that care for them. She has a portfolio of funding from the major funders, including three NIHR fellowships. Her main area of expertise is the use of routine data to influence policy and address healthcare inequalities. Her work has influenced national service specifications, children's palliative care funding, and vaccine prioritisation for children with COVID. Working closely with children and their parents are central to her research and her team were awarded the Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health Patient and Public Involvement prize in 2022.
Professor Lorna Fraser said:
‘I am excited to have been asked to join the Board of Trustees at Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice to work with the other board members and senior leadership to develop their strategy. I look forward to working closely with statutory services within The Ark’s catchment areas to ensure that every baby, child and young person, with a life-limiting or life-threatening condition and their family have equitable and timely access to high quality palliative care where and when they need it.’
Sophie Andrews OBE, our CEO said:
‘I am delighted to be able to announce that we have invited Professor Lorna Fraser to be our new trustee. Lorna is an eminent and world-leading researcher who produces work that is critical in the field of child health and palliative care. We are extremely lucky to have Lorna on board and I’m sure will be as much of an asset to Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice as she is to the wider sector.’
James Tugendhat, Chair of Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice, said:
‘Professor Lorna Fraser will make an excellent addition to the Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice trustee board. A strong advocate for the lives of children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions, she is an inspirational individual in the sector - bringing to Noah’s Ark years of experience, expertise and passion for children’s palliative care. I look forward to working with her as we support the Senior Leadership Team as they develop their new charity strategy.’
